Jul 10 2009
The Best Guides To ESL/EFL/ELL Terminology
As in any specialized profession, the world of ESL/EFL/ELL has its own unique terminology. I quite regularly come upon words that I’m not familiar with.
I thought a short “The Best…” list might be useful for readers.
I haven’t found one glossary of these kinds of terms that I would consider “complete” and accessible, so I’m listing a few of them.
Here are my picks for The Best Guides To ESL/EFL/ELL Terminology:
A (Mostly) Complete Glossary for ESL EFL Teaching From Heads Up English (I would say that this is the best one on this list)
ESL Glossary From Bogglesworld
ESL Terminology From State University of New York — Courtland
ELT Terminology, Abbreviations & Acronyms From TEFL.net
Understanding Second Language Terminology From Everything ESL
Other suggestions are, as always, welcome.
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Larry,
Helpful list and I’m glad to see the addition of Chris’ mostly complete list. This basic knowledge of “terminology” is so helpful. Yesterday, an administrator was asking me what “differentiated instruction” meant. I just winked and said, “student centered” learning. So many new buzz words abound…
I really do think that one of the most confusing things for a new teacher is our “alphabet soup”. I hate prescriptive measures but maybe it might be a good idea to have an ELT acronym overlord.
I tried to comment yesterday but my post was deleted because it contained a url…. I really must give a thumbs down on that one …. it is all about URLs! I understand the other issues but I don’t think you kill the cow because of the flies! However that’s another issue…
A couple more lists can be found at Annenberg media and at the BC’s (there’s another acronym Teacher knowledge wiki. The former is more academic and the later, more practical with helpful examples. Hit Teacher Training on my school’s page setiteachers.ning.com to get the links
Thanks,
David
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A nice list. There are a lot of terms I came across in these lists that I was not aquainted with
Thx
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